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Paradisus Heraclidis — North Ferriby, Yorkshire. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: North Ferriby, Yorkshire. Augustinian priory of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: British Library, London
Shelfmark: Cotton Faustina A.ii fols. 99–175
Author/Title: Paradisus Heraclidis
Type of evidence: c: evidence from locally specific contents, including obits, scribbles, etc.
Notes on evidence:

On fol. 175r, added at the end of text, s. xv: "Et pro me Anlaby. dignare preces fundere. qui hoc speculum sanctorum patrum intuis: et orum vestigia consequeris"; Thomas Anlaby (Emden, BRUC, p. 13) gave Paradisus in 1454 (cf. M.R. James, "The Anlaby Cartulary", Yorkshire Arch. Journal 31; and Emden, BRUC, p. 13).

Date: s. xii med.
Notes:

30 long lines.

Hard point ruling.